First-year pressing
The Nutcracker Ballet 1962 US Pressing (SR 2-9013)
The Nutcracker Ballet by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Mono
- Artist
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Antal Dorati, London Symphony Orchestra
- Title
- The Nutcracker Ballet (An Entirely New Recording Of The Complete Ballet)
- Labels
- Mercury SR 2-9013
- Mercury OL2-113
- Country
- US
- Released
- 1962
- Format
- LP, Mono · 2 records
- Format notes
- Gatefold, Autocoupled
Runout and matrix codes
Etched or stamped in the dead wax between the last track and the label. If yours match, you have this pressing.
- o MG 50306 A CTFR-3 ||||| C TRunout etched side 1 [the last "C" & "T" are upside down]
- o MG50307 A CTFR-3 |||| D IRunout etched side 2 [the "D" is backward]
- o MG50307 B CTFR-3 T || CC B BRunout etched side 3 [the "CC B" are reversed & the last "B is rotated 90˚]
- o MG 50306 B CTFR-3 | ||| || BRunout etched side 4 [the last "B" is backwards]
- MG50306AMatrix label side 1
- MG50307AMatrix label side 2
- MG50307BMatrix label side 3
- MG50306BMatrix label side 4
Other US pressings of The Nutcracker Ballet
- 1962Mercury Living Presence SR 2-9013 / Mercury Living Presence SR2-9013LP, Stereo
- 1962Mercury Living Presence SR 2-9013 / Mercury Living Presence SR2-9013LP, Stereo
- 1962Mercury SR 2-9013 / Mercury SR2-9013LP, Stereo
- 1962Mercury Living Presence SR 2-9013 / Mercury Living Presence SR2-9013LP, Promo, Stereo
- 1962Mercury Living Presence SR 2-9013 / Mercury Living Presence SR2-9013LP, Stereo
- ?Mercury Living Presence SR2-9013 / Mercury SR2-9013LP, Reissue, Stereo
- ?Mercury Living Presence SR 2-9013 / Mercury Living Presence SR2-9013LP, Reissue, Stereo